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The Homeschool Advantage is a podcast about reclaiming learning as a way of life.
Hosted by educator, author, and instructional leader Bex Buzzie, the show explores how families, teachers, and educational leaders can support meaningful learning—whether children are homeschooled, enrolled in public or charter schools, or navigating a blend of both.
Drawing from over two decades in education and recent work in educational leadership, Bex brings together voices from across the learning landscape, including homeschool families, classroom teachers, curriculum creators, microschools, co-ops, and education innovators.
This is not a podcast about choosing the “perfect” system.
It’s about partnership, posture, and presence.
Whether you’re a parent supporting learning at home, a teacher rethinking instruction, or an educator seeking deeper alignment between school and life, The Homeschool Advantage offers thoughtful conversations, practical insights, and a return to the basics of how learning actually happens.
Because homeschooling isn’t a location.
It’s a posture.
Episodes
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Monday Jan 15, 2024
Intro
Pete Zafra CEO and Founder of Homeschool-Teachers.com his homeschooling journey started in 1997 a time that homeschooling was not popular nor accepted. Pete and his family were pioneers in this endeavor and withstood ridicule and opposition by the general public. Their personal homeschooling experiences and challenges inspired them to "build the bridge" affordably connecting parents to licensed teachers to allow outsourcing if needed.
At Homeschool-Teachers.com, students always come first. this company recognizes the challenging times up ahead and they want to be a solution to a better and safer education. They endeavor to offer high quality online learning from the comfort of your home. Their services allow instant access to an expert learning coaches, customer support and live online tutoring.
Top three takeaways
- It is a statistical fact that kids who have tutors do better than kids without.
- The homeschooling family lifestyle is phenomenal if the teaching aspect of it is done professionally.
- All things considered, homeschooling is a great set-up for the 21st century family. Technology can now bring the teachers directly to any student with an internet connection - one-on-one. That's powerful. Take serious advantage of it. Let's help the kids. They need it.
Call to Action
What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Friday Jan 12, 2024
Intro
S.J. Rosson, children’s author, reading specialist, and blogger. Her first children's picture book, The Lamb, is available now for pre-order. This story comes at a time when children need to hear a positive message about unconditional love and its redeeming work. However so cleverly SJ has weaved basic math concepts into the story as well.
She earned my Bachelor's in Liberal Arts with an emphasis in elementary education from Regis University and attaining honors as summa cum laude. She focused on reading intervention and was awarded a Certificate in Literacy. Her work studies was geared towards teaching applied evidence-based reading strategies to help children from preschool through middle school love to read. She shares many of these strategies in her online reading course for parents and tutors, the 3 Easy Steps to Reading Success.
Top three takeaways
- Homeschooling can be flexible and how it can worked into any busy schedule. Debunking the myth that Homeschooling is just for stay-at-home parents.
- Homeschooling your child is a blessing to both the parent and child creating a warm bond between you and your child as you explore and learn together.
- Lastly how Homeschooling allows children to learn at their own pace and interact with learning in ways most public schools can't provide, creating highly educated, enthusiastic and independent thinkers.
Call to Action
What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Thursday Jan 11, 2024
Intro
Stephanie Ford, M.Ed. Founder of The Wisconsin Homeschool Curriculum Network over 15 years experience teaching reading and special education, her hope is to help parents teach their little ones the joy of reading. Stephanie's focus is in empowering parents to be able to teach their own children to read. She offers personalized literacy boxes based on the specific needs of the child. She offers literacy classes, tutoring, and other services, but in the end, she just want to see children being able to read! Stephanie being a long time supporter of alternative education has helped open and/or lead more than one charter school and wants to share her knowledge to help parents be success as they begin this journey in homeschooling.
Top three takeaways
- Many parents feel like homeschooling is either it's going to be a breeze, or that they could never do it. The truth is that with the rights tools, anyone can do it.
- How Stephanie helps families with children with learning disabilities through her curriculum resources and the classes she offers.
- How she could help the homeschool community with her knowledge as a Reading specialist and a Special Education Teacher
Call to Action
Wisconsin Homeschool Curriculum Network Website
What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Intro
Isabel started her tutoring journey in 2008 as an Upward Bound tutor, teaching Science and Math to teenagers from 10th to 12th grade. She began tutoring full time in 2014, and has had the privilege to tutor students from 8 years old to 40+ years old in Math, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Computer Programming and Spanish.
Isabel is from San Juan, Puerto Rico and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2012 with a degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology. Isabel also attended the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao where she studied Computational Mathematics for 3 years and has a strong background in Computer Programming and Math. But Isabels first love was acting she can be seen in many film and TV shows, which is why she is an online tutor she loves the sciences and wants the freedom to be there for my students, no matter where she is.
Top three takeaways
- Financial Literacy should be the norm, not a privilege.
- It is never too late to talk to your kids about finances.
- You don't need to share personal details or figures, but any time the opportunity presents itself for it any moment can become a financial teaching moment! Even simple things like explaining the difference between a debit card a credit card, what is credit, what is check, etc.
Call to Action
What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Monday Jan 08, 2024
Intro
Lindsay Buchanan CEO and Founder of Sky Rocket Learning shares her Pre-K Curriculum Program that walks the parent through their homeschooling journey. This program teaches parents how to introduce and reinforce skills at a very young age.
This Pre-K Curriculum Program is thematic and focuses on one letter and number for 5 days, also introduces sight words, the program has weekly reviews. Some of the themes you will find in her curriculum units are seasons, rhyming, and teaching the opposites of things that ensure concrete understanding of what they have learned and now know. The curriculum also has a Guided Lessons book that walks parents and/or homeschool teacher through each day.
Top three takeaways
- Homeschooling doesn't need to be all or nothing, it can be all day at homeschooling, part-time homeschooling with a co-op, all the way to an intentional 15 minutes each day at home supplementing what your child is doing at school (which can be a perfect option for parents who want to be involved in their child's education/homeschool but aren't able to due to work or other reasons)
- How this Pre-K Curriculum Program was created with simplicity, movement, repetition and retention; and that the parent would NOT have to think about "What do we do today???"
- Parents should keep quality over quantity in mind; and to bring joy in the moments together.
Call to Action
Sky Rocket Learning Facebook page
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What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Friday Jan 05, 2024
Intro
Meg Thomas, Founder of The Hippie Mama, a veteran homeschooling Mama and a lover of all things natural. Meg is a Certified Life Coach she specializes in helping homeschooling parents build relationships with their children to create peace in the home, so they can teach their children anything. Meg sole focus is to help you have success in your homeschool. She will give you tools to create a thriving homeschool and independent learners.
Top three takeaways
- Parents should know how to stay calm and relaxed when their kid don't understand something because it can help the kids to find their confidence to figure things out.
- Parents should feel confident in pushing kids that are ready for more, or slowing down for kids who just aren't ready yet.
- Focus on relationships first. It makes everything easier.
Call to Action
What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Thursday Jan 04, 2024
Intro
C.R. Stewart Author of Britfield Book Series Founder of the prestigious Devonfield, a comprehensive company dedicated to the highest quality in film production, publishing and education has 20 years of experience in writing fiction, non-fiction and movie screenplays. He is a prolific writer, producer, creativity specialist, international consultant and prominent speaker. Chad is a strong supporter of education and the arts and is an adjunct professor at Fermanian School of Business, Point Loma Nazarene University; and is Past President of the Board of Directors of the San Diego Ballet.
Top three takeaways
- You can have fiction books with factual information without hyper-fantasy or bending reality too much to keep learning fun.
- Using reading books to foster critical thinking!
- You can use this book for more than just literature, there is history, math, and so much more!!
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What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
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Intro
Kassi Kincaid is the founder and program director of Book Days. Born and raised Texan with a love of business and early childhood education! In 2016, she became administrator at a preschool in Round Rock, Texas. As the years went by, she realized that she really loved children's books. So, she began pairing one children's book with a simple themed activity. Over time her idea grew to school wide events and local sponsors.
And on March 2020, Book Days went virtual with online episodes on Facebook everyday through May to support children's education during lock down. In that same month Kassi was at the beach brainstorming the next chapter of Book Days. Then thought came..." What if she paired children's books with real world adventures?" And The rest is history!
Top three takeaways
- How homeschooling can be equally or more educational than public school.
- Also the schedule flexibility homeschooling provides is by far more superior to a classroom 8 hours a day.
- And how Book Days inspires children at every level and how The YouTube channel features all kinds of interviews with experts in every field. And how these episodes help parents teach their children through these expert interviews on various subjects.
Call to Action
What is Next!
Thank you for supporting this show by listening and sharing with friends! If you like this podcast please rate and write a review of how this show has impacted or helped you!
Great ratings will accelerate the show's visibility to the nation so others can learn more about homeschool and find quality curriculum and the potentially join the homeschool community thus change the face of education forever!!
Who would have thought that we could change the education world with a click and a share!
Also if you would like to hear more about any specific educational topic please email me at realedtalk@gmail.com I would love to support your families educational needs in all areas!!
Bex Buzzie
The Homeschool Advantage Podcast